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Cape

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1895-1910

GUSN

GUSN-11523

Description

Light taupe wove flannel; hood, shoulder cape; two hooks and eyes at throat; two long iridescent beige satin ribbons with fringed ends at either side of front placket at neck; hood and front panels lined with same satin as ribbon; two deep patch pockets on the lining of front panels; full length.

Details

Descriptive Terms

capes (outerwear)
flannel
satin
silk (textile)
Cape
Cape

Inscription

Woven label; silk; yellow letters in white ground, in collar: ""REGISTERED U.S. PATENT OFFICE/ ""THE DOROTHY""/ HART & SHEPARD/ ""SHAKERS"" ""E. CANTERBURY, N.H."" In goold frame with scrolling

Additional Identification Number

WHS 344
92-42

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Weston Historical Society

Accession Number

1993.218

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